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Spring piston powered air rifles like the RWS 54 have a two-stage recoil. The felt recoil to the shooter is like a .22, but there is a second stage to it that is hell on scopes not designed for this.
As spring piston air rifles go, the RWS 54 is quite powerful and has a heavy spring. The recoil impulse it imparts to a scope will be severe and if you put a regular scope not meant for air rifles on it, you'll probably destroy the scope before you get through your first tin of pellets.
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